Bibliograph

A mathematician plays the stock market, John Allen Paulos

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A mathematician plays the stock market, John Allen Paulos

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A mathematician plays the stock market

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55687117

Responsibility statement

John Allen Paulos

Summary

In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, best-selling author John Allen Paulos employs his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles to address every thinking reader's curiosity about the market--Is it efficient? Is it random? Is there anything to technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and other supposedly time-tested methods of picking stocks? How can one quantify risk? What are the most common scams? Are there any approaches to investing that truly outperform the major indexes? But Paulos's tour through the irrational exuberance of market mathematics doesn't end there. An unrequited (and financially disastrous) love affair with WorldCom leads Paulos to question some cherished ideas of personal finance. He explains why "data mining" is a self-fulfilling belief, why "momentum investing" is nothing more than herd behavior with a lot of mathematical jargon added, why the ever-popular Elliot Wave Theory cannot be correct, and why you should take Warren Buffet's "fundamental analysis" with a grain of salt

Table Of Contents

1. Anticipating Others Anticipations --- 2. Fear Greed and Cognitive Illusions --- 3. Trends Crowds and Waves --- 4. Chance and Efficient Markets --- 5. Value Investing and Fundamental Analysis --- 6. Options Risk and Volatility --- 7. Diversifying Stock Portfolios --- 8. Connectedness and Chaotic Price Movements --- 9. From Paradox to Complexity

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